Sidney had told Elliot to contact Lady Camilla, but he had not done so.
Instead, he connected his consciousness to the battlefield's command network.
The instant he connected, Lady Camilla's messages flooded his screen.
[Keep sending requests for reinforcements!] [Prepare to break out! While those Dream Creatures charge in, we need to break out at once!] [Sidney's flagship? Try to establish communications with him. Nathan, verify his identity and check whether this is a Blood Vampire trap.] [What? Elliot's ship is here too? Quick, forget Sidney. Check what's happening with that ship first!]
Elliot's face twitched. "Ahem, I'm aboard the Judgment Angel too."
Lady Camilla: [?] [Why have you come to the battlefield? Wait, how can you speak to me directly? Have you become a Mechanical Spirit too?]
For a moment, Elliot did not know where to begin.
Mechanical Spirits existed in an extremely special state. They could communicate directly with machinery and steel in simple terms, move between different machines, and link them into a network.
For example, as long as Elliot was not too far from the War Fortress where Lady Camilla resided, every instrument around him capable of displaying letters could serve as a communication device, under Lady Camilla's direct control.
These ships under her control could then serve as relays, extending Lady Camilla's consciousness even farther.
At that moment, ships filled the battlefield, allowing Lady Camilla's control to cover the entire battlefield. She could even control the machinery aboard any ship.
Such a powerful ability naturally came at a price.
Lady Camilla had permanently lost her physical body. With no body in the Present World, she could only reside within machinery.
Moreover, she could only control those machines if they granted her access.
So when Lady Camilla discovered that Elliot could actually